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Look for this section on the home page: Flowers Grown in the USA
For the past year, you're probably heard me mention FlowerFarm.com, a leading wholesale flower distributor that sources from and supplies farm-direct blooms. When we signed up FlowerFarm.com as a major sponsor, I asked if they would add a search tool on their home page to allow florists and other customers to easily find U.S.-grown flowers. Miraculously, they created a large feature on their home page to help users find flowers and foliage from California, Florida, Oregon and Washington by using the "Origin" selection tool in your search.
Search by USA Grown
In talking with the team at FlowerFarm.com, we came up with a fun project to showcase today. They recently shipped me a mixed box of blooms and foliage so I could experience the process myself. You'll see in the clips that follow an initial conversation with FlowerFarm.com's floral specialist Michaela Newheart, as we discuss how the site works. Then, you'll watch a quick un-boxing video that I filmed inside my greenhouse, followed by my second conversation with Michaela as we talk about flower processing. My favorite part was getting to arrange with this surprise selection of flowers.
USA-grown roses by grade, stem count, unit price and delivered box price
Thank you so much for joining us today. As you heard Michaela mention a few times, she is the helpful expert at the other side of any email you send, so be sure to say hello to her when you reach out. She really wants to make your buying experience a positive one and she has amazing contacts with all of the U.S. growers who fulfill orders.
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News of the Week: Let's Stop Gun Violence
It's June 1st -- wow, I can't believe the year has raced by through the first five months. There have been highs and lows, too many lows, in our lives. In response to the public health epidemic of gun violence, I want to invite you to participate in a special Spread Love, Not Violence campaign that Slow Flowers Society is supporting. The campaign began with two of our member florists in Seattle, Anne Bradfield of Analog Floral (@analogfloral) and Tammy Myers of First & Bloom (@firstandbloom), are donating 10% of all proceeds from their floral businesses to everytown.org (@everytown), an organization that works to end gun violence, between May 31-June 3, leading up to the National Gun Violence Awareness Day on June 3. ⠀⠀⠀⠀We were compelled to stand alongside them in this small but significant effort. Slow Flowers will match their funds raised to support @everytown. If you are a Slow Flowers member who wants to participate or plan a similar campaign to raise funds for everytown, either this week or in the near future, please reach out to us and we'll pledge to match your donations, too -- up to $1,000! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀Let's spread flowers, not violence!
A Post-Script: Since recording this announcement, three more Slow Flowers Members have joined the effort! Thank you to:
Lori Poliski of Flori LLC, Teresa Rao of Belle Petale, and Jean Louise Paquin-Allen of Juniper Floral! We'll make sure to announce the news when we send the funds raised to everytown.org!
Thank you to our Sponsors
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